Carbs
Carbohydrates are broken down into this for absorption and energy.
What is glucose?
These are the building blocks of protein.
What are amino acids?
Dietary fats are broken down into these by the body.
What are fatty acids?
This is the body's main source of fuel and energy.
What is carbs/glucose?
Pasta and potatoes are good food sources of which type of carbohydrate?
Starches (polysaccharaides)
These are 9 amino acids that your body cannot make. We must get these from food.
What are essential amino acids?
This type of fatty acid has no double bonds.
This is the body's main building block of growth and repair.
What is protein?
Butter, and lard are examples of food sources of this type of lipid.
What is saturated fat?
This is a complete plant protein (contains all essential amino acids).
What is soybeans?
Too much or too little of this nutrient can cause constipation.
What is fiber?
British sailors were called "limeys" as they used to eat limes to prevent this disease.
What is scurvy?
These are the three main type of fats.
This nutrient helps to make essential hormones
What is protein?
According to legend, this was the first fruit eaten on the moon.
What is peach?
Glycogen is the form of glucose that is stored in which parts of the body?
Liver and Muscle tissue
Omega-3 and Omega-6 are two examples of what type of fatty acid?
BONUS: where is the double bond for each of these fatty acids?
What are essential unsaturated fatty acids?
What is Vitamin A,D,E,K?
This vegetable was first grown for medicine.
What is carrots?